Analysis on Reliability and Validity of TCM Syndrome Questionnaire of primary Osteoporosis
- VernacularTitle:原发性骨质疏松症中医证候调查问卷信度与效度分析
- Author:
Yanming XIE
;
Yunyin ZHU
;
Jia YU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
primary osteoporosis;
reliability;
validity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine
2006;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate reliability and validity to perfect the syndrome questionnaire of osteoporosis. Methods The reliability was evaluated with Cronbach alpha and Guttman Split-half, the construct and content validity of the questionnaire was evaluated with factor analysis. Results The Cronbach alpha is from 0.365 4 to 0.852 5. The Guttman Split-half is from 0.542 9 to 0.746 5. The factor analysis had extracted 12 common factors which initial eigenvalues bigger than one. The Cumulative Proportion is 66.24%. The factors cover all the main facets of the questionnaire. Conclusion The questionnaire has its reliability and validity, and should be revised and perfected in future study.
